An excerpt from a speech given by Edward Everett in Boston, Massachusetts about the political consequences of Brown’s raid, December 1859.

Edward Everett was the most famous American orator of the mid-nineteenth century. In this speech, delivered at Boston’s Faneuil Hall on December 8, 1859, Everett warns his listeners about the potential side effects of John Brown’s raid.

Citation Information
Boston Union meeting, excerpt from “Boston Courier report of the union meeting in Faneuil hall, Thursday, Dec. 8th, 1859,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/5ba2191d209521f635c8ca8a1814ef2b.
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